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About Abbe Sparks

Abbe Sparks is the Founder of Socially Sparked News. A social entrepreneur, she is a social media and content influencer who has been igniting the sparks promoting the entertainment, music, tech & advocacy sectors for over 25 years as the Chief Igniter of Abbe Sparks Media Group. A member of US Press Association, she has written for many digital and print publications including her former column 'Abbe's Sparks' for RFPalooza. You can also find her stories on Medium, Tumbler & LinkedIn and in magazines as the UK's "Blues Matters" and "Big City Rhythm & Blues". Socially Sparked News is her labor of love. Email Abbe @ https://info@sociallysparkednews.com
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Trailblazer Audrey Hepburn Quote About Compassion
8 years ago

Trailblazer Audrey Hepburn Quote About Compassion

Audrey Hepburn with Mel Ferrer. Photo by: Evers, Joost / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia CommonsTrailblazer Audrey Hepburn's quote about compassion is the Socially Sparked Quote of the Week. Actress, fashion icon and humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn epitomizes the classic compassionate role model. As we continue to celebrate Women's History Month and the [...]
Chicago Getting Total Satisfaction With Exhibitionism
8 years ago

Chicago Getting Total Satisfaction With Exhibitionism

Chicago is getting total satisfaction with Exhibitionism, the next stop on the Rolling Stone’s U.S. Tour of its interactive exhibit. New Yorkers have through Sunday, March 12th to experience the …
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He’s the Real Thing and Telling All – Kenny Kramer Memoir
8 years ago

He’s the Real Thing and Telling All – Kenny Kramer Memoir

The Real Kenny Kramer One thing Kenny Kramer is not is Fake. He's the Real Thing.   Kenny Kramer is many things -- a Comedian; the Real Kramer; a Jewelry Designer; a Tour Operator; a former Libertine NYC Mayoral Candidate; a single Dad; a Yankee fan, and soon to be Author of Kenny Kramer - [...]
Laurence Juber’s Wind Beneath the Wings
8 years ago

Laurence Juber’s Wind Beneath the Wings

Legendary acoustic guitarist Laurence Juber's wind beneath Paul McCartney's WINGS blows mighty fierce. This two time Grammy®-Winner and lead guitarist in WINGS has been busy traveling to promote his new CD released today, LJ Can't Stop Playing The Beatles along with his recent Book, GUITAR WITH WINGS: A Photographic Memoir. He flew into the Big Apple [...]
March Brings Awareness for Women’s History, Music Education and More
8 years ago

March Brings Awareness for Women’s History, Music Education and More

March brings awareness for Women's History, Music Education, Brain Injury, Reading and a host of other wonderful causes. Here are a few we highlight this month. Writing Women Back into History
Empathy Plus Action Equals Solidarity
8 years ago

Empathy Plus Action Equals Solidarity

Empathy Plus Action Equals Solidarity. "Empathy plus action equals solidarity" -- Billy Bragg, musician, singer/songwriter, grassroots political activist That was a recurring theme from singer/songwriter and grassroots activist Billy Bragg during a Keynote Speech last week at the Folk Alliance Conference in Kansas City. Billy Bragg Ignites The Folk Alliance Conference with impassioned keynote speech [...]
Empathy Plus Action Equals Solidarity
8 years ago

Empathy Plus Action Equals Solidarity

Empathy plus action equals solidarity is the Socially Sparked quote of the week.

“Empathy plus action equals solidarity” — Billy Bragg, musician, singer/songwriter, grassroots political activist

Activism is the …
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Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week
8 years ago

Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week

Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week — February 12th through February 19th; with Random Acts of Kindness Day on Friday, February 17th.

Random Acts of Kindness is an international …
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We’re in This Love Together: Socially Sparked Quote of the Week
8 years ago

We’re in This Love Together: Socially Sparked Quote of the Week

Al Jarreau at the North Sea Jazz Festival of 2006."We're in this Love Together" by legendary singer Al Jarreau is this week's Socially Sparked quote of the week. A tribute to the music icon who died today at age 76, just days after announcing his retirement and on the eve of music's biggest night. "...everytime [...]
Internet Television’s Next Wave
8 years ago

Internet Television’s Next Wave

Internet Television’s next wave. Is the next wave of choice in internet television with TVTibi? The playing field in the internet TV space continues to grow at lightning speed. While …
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Socially Sparked Quote of the Week-Howard Cosell
8 years ago

Socially Sparked Quote of the Week-Howard Cosell

Socially Sparked Quote of the Week is by sports journalist Howard Cosell (1918 – 1995). His famous quote inspires determination and a can do attitude. Since it’s 2017, I gave …
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Will Super Bowl Ads 2017 Socially Spark Our Lives?
8 years ago

Will Super Bowl Ads 2017 Socially Spark Our Lives?

Socially Sparked Top 3 Super Bowl Ad Picks   Will Super Bowl Ads 2017 Socially Spark Our Lives this year? As of today, it is reported that 50 ads in total will air at some point during February 5th’s National TV football broadcast between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots. Of the 50 [...]
February Awareness Observances and Fetes
8 years ago

February Awareness Observances and Fetes

Fabulous February Awareness Fabulous February awareness is the month for Love, Black History, Heart Disease, Cancer and Teen Dating Violence awareness, to name a few. Holidays this month include Valentines Day and President's Day. Awareness days include National Girls and Women in Sports Day; Give Kids A Smile Day and Love Your Pet Day. Awareness [...]
January Stands for Justice
8 years ago

January Stands for Justice

January stands for justice. To be more exact, January has become the month for social justice activities around the globe.

As previously reported in Socially Sparked News, January observances …
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“Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” – So Sparked Quote of the Week
8 years ago

“Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” – So Sparked Quote of the Week

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes by Grammy Award-winner David Bowie is the So Sparked Quote of the Week. Given the state of affairs of our country this weekend, David Bowie's classic song Changes is a fitting testament to our times today. NYC Women's March, 400,000 Women, Men & Childen Strong. Over 3 million participated across the globe. Yesterday's historical Women's [...]
Landmarks Inaugural In Concert TV Show Debuts Tonight
8 years ago

Landmarks Inaugural In Concert TV Show Debuts Tonight

Landmarks Live Inaugural in Concert TV Show Premieres Tonight within the Great Performances series on PBS at 9:00 ET. The first in a series of eight Landmarks Live In Concert performances from magical …
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Best Picture and Music – Smiling Happy Children
8 years ago

Best Picture and Music – Smiling Happy Children

“To me, there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; No music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter”P. T. Barnum

The …
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Apathy to Action Through Art: So Sparked Quote of the Week
8 years ago

Apathy to Action Through Art: So Sparked Quote of the Week

Apathy to Action through Art is the So Sparked Quote of the Week. The quote comes from the executive director of Ripple Effect Artists, Inc. an Actor’s Equity, Off-Broadway 501 …
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NYC Second Ave Subway Station Opens
8 years ago

NYC Second Ave Subway Station Opens

 

The NYC Second Avenue Subway Station opens 100 years later. Truly amazing to see the 72nd Street Station up close and personal. The best way to describe this is …
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Celebrate January Awareness Months and Causes
8 years ago

Celebrate January Awareness Months and Causes

 

January brings us many important health awareness months, cause campaigns and celebrations. Healthy observances include: Cervical Cancer Screening Month; Thyroid Disease Awareness Month and National Health Awareness Month for …
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